How to Wreck a Nice Beach: The Vocoder from World War II to Hip-Hop, The Machine Speaks cover
How to Wreck a Nice Beach: The Vocoder from World War II to Hip-Hop, The Machine Speaks
by Dave Tompkins
ISBN: 1612190928
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Ken_Adler · 2019-06-10 · Original thread
A great book to read on this topic is 'How To Wreck A Nice Beach"

https://www.amazon.com/How-Wreck-Nice-Beach-Vocoder/dp/16121...

angersock · 2017-01-21 · Original thread
There is a great book called "How To Wreck a Nice Beach" ( https://www.amazon.com/How-Wreck-Nice-Beach-Vocoder/dp/16121... ) about the history of voder/vocoders.

The title comes from a difficulty in synthesizing the phrase "How to Recognize Speech" and having it come out "How to Wreck a Nice Beach". :)